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Crip Authorship: Disability as Method
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Crip Authorship: Disability as Method
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Edited by Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez
2023
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NYU Press
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2024 Daniel E. Griffiths Research Award Winner
2024 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Reviews
An expansive volume presenting crip approaches to writing, research, and publishing.
Crip Authorship: Disability as Method
is an expansive volume presenting the multidisciplinary methods brought into being by disability studies and activism. Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez have convened leading scholars, artists, and activists to explore the ways disability shapes authorship, transforming cultural production, aesthetics, and media.
Starting from the premise that disability is plural and authorship spans composition, affect, and publishing, this collection of thirty-five compact essays asks how knowledge about disability is produced and shared in disability studies. Disability alters, generates, and dismantles method. Crip authorship takes place within and beyond the commodity version of authorship, in books, on social media, and in creative works that will never be published.
The chapters draw on the expertise of international researchers and activists in the humanities, social sciences, education, arts, and design. Across five sections—Writing, Research, Genre/Form, Publishing, Media—contributors consider disability as method for creative work: practices of writing and other forms of composition; research methods and collaboration; crip aesthetics; media formats and hacks; and the capital, access, legal standing, and care networks required to publish. Designed to be accessible and engaging for students,
Crip Authorship
also provides theoretically sophisticated arguments in a condensed form that will make the text a key resource for disability studies scholars.
Essays include Mel Y Chen on the temporality of writing with chronic illness; Remi Yergeau on perseveration; La Marr Jurelle Bruce on mad Black writing; Alison Kafer on the reliance of the manifesto genre on disability; Jaipreet Virdi on public scholarship for disability justice; Ellen Samuels on the importance of disability and illness to autotheory; Xuan Thuy Nguyen on decolonial research methods for disability studies; Emily Lim Rogers on virtual ethnography; Cameron Awkward-Rich on depression and trans reading methods; Robert McRuer on crip theory in translation; Kelsie Acton on plain language writing; and Georgina Kleege on description as an access and aesthetic technique.
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Cover
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Cover
Cover
Cover
Frontmatter
pp. i-vi
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Frontmatter
Frontmatter
Frontmatter
Contents
pp. vii-ix
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Contents
Contents
Contents
Half Title
pp. x-xii
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Half Title
Half Title
Half Title
Introduction: On Crip Authorship and Disability as Method
Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez
pp. 1-22
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Introduction: On Crip Authorship and Disability as Method
Introduction: On Crip Authorship and Disability as Method
Introduction: On Crip Authorship and Disability as Method
Section I: Writing
1. Writing While Adjunct: A Contingent Pedagogy of Unwellness
Mimi Khuc
pp. 25-32
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1. Writing While Adjunct: A Contingent Pedagogy of Unwellness
1. Writing While Adjunct: A Contingent Pedagogy of Unwellness
1. Writing While Adjunct: A Contingent Pedagogy of Unwellness
2. Chronic Illness, Slowness, and the Time of Writing
Mel Y. Chen
pp. 33-37
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2. Chronic Illness, Slowness, and the Time of Writing
2. Chronic Illness, Slowness, and the Time of Writing
2. Chronic Illness, Slowness, and the Time of Writing
3. Composing Perseveration / Perseverative Composing
M. Remi Yergeau
pp. 38-47
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3. Composing Perseveration / Perseverative Composing
3. Composing Perseveration / Perseverative Composing
3. Composing Perseveration / Perseverative Composing
4. Mad Black Rants
La Marr Jurelle Bruce
pp. 48-57
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4. Mad Black Rants
4. Mad Black Rants
4. Mad Black Rants
5. Plain Language for Disability Culture
Kelsie Acton
pp. 58-72
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5. Plain Language for Disability Culture
5. Plain Language for Disability Culture
5. Plain Language for Disability Culture
6. Peter Pan World: In-System Authorship
Isolation Nation
pp. 73-83
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6. Peter Pan World: In-System Authorship
6. Peter Pan World: In-System Authorship
6. Peter Pan World: In-System Authorship
7. LatDisCrit and Counterstories
Alexis Padilla
pp. 84-90
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7. LatDisCrit and Counterstories
7. LatDisCrit and Counterstories
7. LatDisCrit and Counterstories
Section II: Research
8. Virtual Ethnography
Emily Lim Rogers
pp. 93-98
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8. Virtual Ethnography
8. Virtual Ethnography
8. Virtual Ethnography
9. Learning Disability Justice through Critical Participatory Action Research
Laura J. Wernick
pp. 99-107
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9. Learning Disability Justice through Critical Participatory Action Research
9. Learning Disability Justice through Critical Participatory Action Research
9. Learning Disability Justice through Critical Participatory Action Research
10. Decolonial Disability Studies
Xuan Thuy Nguyen
pp. 108-120
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10. Decolonial Disability Studies
10. Decolonial Disability Studies
10. Decolonial Disability Studies
11. On Still Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual
Cameron Awkward Rich
pp. 121-130
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11. On Still Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual
11. On Still Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual
11. On Still Reading Like a Depressed Transsexual
12. On Trauma in Research on Illness, Disability, and Care
Laura Malden
pp. 131-141
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12. On Trauma in Research on Illness, Disability, and Care
12. On Trauma in Research on Illness, Disability, and Care
12. On Trauma in Research on Illness, Disability, and Care
13. Injury, Recovery, and Representation in Shikaakwa
Laurence Ralph
pp. 142-152
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13. Injury, Recovery, and Representation in Shikaakwa
13. Injury, Recovery, and Representation in Shikaakwa
13. Injury, Recovery, and Representation in Shikaakwa
14. Collaborative Research on the Möbius Strip
Faye Ginsburg, Rayna Rapp
pp. 153-161
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14. Collaborative Research on the Möbius Strip
14. Collaborative Research on the Möbius Strip
14. Collaborative Research on the Möbius Strip
15. Lessons in Yielding: Crip Refusal and Ethical Research Praxis
Zoe H. Wool
pp. 162-169
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15. Lessons in Yielding: Crip Refusal and Ethical Research Praxis
15. Lessons in Yielding: Crip Refusal and Ethical Research Praxis
15. Lessons in Yielding: Crip Refusal and Ethical Research Praxis
16. Creating a Fully Accessible Digital Helen Keller Archive
Helen Selsdon
pp. 170-178
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16. Creating a Fully Accessible Digital Helen Keller Archive
16. Creating a Fully Accessible Digital Helen Keller Archive
16. Creating a Fully Accessible Digital Helen Keller Archive
Section III: Genre/Form
17. Manifesting Manifestos
Alison Kafer
pp. 181-194
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17. Manifesting Manifestos
17. Manifesting Manifestos
17. Manifesting Manifestos
18. Public Scholarship as Disability Justice
Jaipreet Virdi
pp. 195-202
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18. Public Scholarship as Disability Justice
18. Public Scholarship as Disability Justice
18. Public Scholarship as Disability Justice
19. Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Crip Autotheory
Ellen Samuels
pp. 203-209
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19. Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Crip Autotheory
19. Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Crip Autotheory
19. Twenty-Seven Ways of Looking at Crip Autotheory
20. Disability Life Writing in India
Mohaiminul Islan, Ujjwal Jana
pp. 210-217
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20. Disability Life Writing in India
20. Disability Life Writing in India
20. Disability Life Writing in India
21. The History and Politics of Krip-Hop
Leroy F. Moore Jr., Keith Jones
pp. 218-224
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21. The History and Politics of Krip-Hop
21. The History and Politics of Krip-Hop
21. The History and Politics of Krip-Hop
22. Verbal and Nonverbal Metaphor
Asa Ito
pp. 225-234
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22. Verbal and Nonverbal Metaphor
22. Verbal and Nonverbal Metaphor
22. Verbal and Nonverbal Metaphor
Section IV: Publishing
23. Accessible Academic Publishing
Cynthia Wu
pp. 237-243
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23. Accessible Academic Publishing
23. Accessible Academic Publishing
23. Accessible Academic Publishing
24. #DisabilityStudiesTooWhite
Kristen Bowen, Rachel Kuo, Maria Mills
pp. 244-258
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24. #DisabilityStudiesTooWhite
24. #DisabilityStudiesTooWhite
24. #DisabilityStudiesTooWhite
25. A Philosophical Analysis of ASL-English Bilingual Publishing
Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
pp. 259-273
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25. A Philosophical Analysis of ASL-English Bilingual Publishing
25. A Philosophical Analysis of ASL-English Bilingual Publishing
25. A Philosophical Analysis of ASL-English Bilingual Publishing
26. Crip World-Making
Robert McRuer
pp. 274-281
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26. Crip World-Making
26. Crip World-Making
26. Crip World-Making
27. Disability in the Library and Librarianship
Stephanie S. Rosen
pp. 282-296
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27. Disability in the Library and Librarianship
27. Disability in the Library and Librarianship
27. Disability in the Library and Librarianship
28. The Rebuttal: A Protactile Poem
John Lee Clark
pp. 297-300
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28. The Rebuttal: A Protactile Poem
28. The Rebuttal: A Protactile Poem
28. The Rebuttal: A Protactile Poem
Section V: Media
29. Crip Making
Aimi Hamraie
pp. 303-317
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29. Crip Making
29. Crip Making
29. Crip Making
30. Fiction Podcasts Model Description by Design
Georgina Kleege
pp. 318-325
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30. Fiction Podcasts Model Description by Design
30. Fiction Podcasts Model Description by Design
30. Fiction Podcasts Model Description by Design
31. Podcasting for Disability Justice
Bri M.
pp. 326-331
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31. Podcasting for Disability Justice
31. Podcasting for Disability Justice
31. Podcasting for Disability Justice
32. Willful Dictionaries and Crip Authorship in CART
Louise Hickman
pp. 332-336
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32. Willful Dictionaries and Crip Authorship in CART
32. Willful Dictionaries and Crip Authorship in CART
32. Willful Dictionaries and Crip Authorship in CART
33. How to Model AAC
Lateef H. McLeod
pp. 337-342
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33. How to Model AAC
33. How to Model AAC
33. How to Model AAC
34. Digital Spaces and the Right to Information for Deaf People during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe
Lovemore Chidemo, Agness Chindimba, Onai Hara
pp. 343-349
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34. Digital Spaces and the Right to Information for Deaf People during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe
34. Digital Spaces and the Right to Information for Deaf People during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe
34. Digital Spaces and the Right to Information for Deaf People during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe
35. Crip Indigenous Storytelling across the Digital Divide
Jen Deerinwater
pp. 350-354
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35. Crip Indigenous Storytelling across the Digital Divide
35. Crip Indigenous Storytelling across the Digital Divide
35. Crip Indigenous Storytelling across the Digital Divide
Acknowledgments
pp. 355-356
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Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
pp. 357-364
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About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Authors
Index
pp. 365-372
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Index
Index
Index
Additional Information
ISBN
9781479819386
Related ISBN(s)
9781479819355
MARC Record
OCLC
1382693622
Launched on MUSE
2025-04-04
Language
Open Access
Yes
Creative Commons
CC-BY-NC-ND
2023
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